College of Arts and Sciences

Your dollars can support:

• $35 can cover student registration at a state-based or regional conference (especially if the student is presenting at a poster session)
• $40 can cover mileage reimbursement to a conference (especially if multiple students apply and can then share a ride)
• $50 can purchase supplies for research labs, replace equipment or provide a financial incentive/reward for subjects in a research project
• $100 can cover a night of lodging, costs of printing materials for a conference presentation or the purchase of research subject information or participants
• $250+ awards a SAFE grant for a student to present at a conference or to purchase materials needed to conduct research
• $500 is a typical award amount for a faculty SAFE grant which can be used for numerous things such as to complete a book project, pay a student worker, purchase equipment or assist with travel expenses to present at a conference

There are numerous other needs in the college and the departments that we support. Here are some other ways you can contribute to student and faculty success:

• $2,500 per year with a four-year commitment provides donors with the opportunity to name a scholarship

• $10,000 per year with a five-year commitment provides donors with the opportunity to endow a named scholarship

• $10,000 covers the cost to hire a full-time research assistant

• $12,000+ names a classroom space in the newly-renovated Sanford Hall

• $15,000+ provides one semester's worth of funding for the SAFE Fund grant awards to faculty and students

The following is a list of all funds in CAS. To give to a fund, click here and search for the fund name. For more information about a fund, contact Jasmin McFayden, CAS Director of Development, at (828) 262-4019 or mcfaydenja@appstate.edu.

• Alliance for Teaching Science Endowment
• Arthel (Doc) Watson Endowed Scholarship for Traditional Mountain Music
• Benjamin Frosst Little Endowed Scholarship for International Travel
• Bill and Hughlene Frank Fund for Arts & Sciences
• Bill Morgan Symposium Endowment
• Billy and Del Hunt Helton Faculty Excellence Fund for the College of Arts and Sciences
• Billy and Del Hunt Helton Faculty Excellence Fund for the College of Arts and Sciences - Current Fund
• Calamai Family Endowed Award for College of Arts and Sciences Faculty and Student Engagement in Scholarship
• College of Arts and Sciences General Scholarship Fund
• College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Fund
• College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Student Involved Research Fund
• College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Teaching Enhancement Fund
• College of Arts and Sciences Endowment
• Don Sink Family Outstanding Scholar Award Endowment
• Dr. Kevin Bell Memorial Endowed Optometry Scholarship
• Dr. William C. Strickland Outstanding Young Faculty Award Endowment for the College of Arts and Sciences
• Drs. Joanne Smith and Don R. Brannon Scholarship for Natural Sciences
• Edith A. Goodman Memorial Scholarship for Mathematics and Computer Science Endowment
• Environmental Science Program
• Fermentation Sciences Program
• Freshman Class Scholarship for Wayne and Craven Counties
• Glaxo Women in Science Scholars Endowment
• H. W. Wilson Family Scholarship
• Humanities Council Fund
• John W. Taylor and Mary L. Taylor Memorial Scholarship for Math and Computer Science Endowment
• Jonathan K Perryman Endowed Memorial Scholarship for the Sciences
• June and Robert Hege Endowment for the College of Arts and Sciences
• Larry And Anita Narvarte Kitchens Endowed Scholarship for Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry and Computer Science
• Lloyd L. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship for the Physical Sciences
• Peggy Harmon Shore Pre-Health Care Professional Endowed Scholarship
• Rachel Harris Larson Henry and John Watson Henry Scholarship
• Richard A. Thomas Memorial Scholarship for Arts and Sciences
• Roland Frederick Moy International Affairs Study Away Scholarship
• Sally A. Callegari Memorial Scholarship for Gender Diversity in Animal Studies
• Samuel Bedell Little Endowed Scholarship for International Travel
• The Dr. Donald B Saunders Memorial Scholarship for History Honors Students
• The Geography and Math Non-Traditional Graduate Student Professional Development Fund
• The Marvin Hoffman/McGill Associates Local Government Scholarship
• The Student Career Accelerator Endowed Scholarship
• The Vickers Current Scholarship for Sociology, History, or Political Science
• The Vickers Endowed Scholarship for Sociology, History, or Political Science
• Thomas Edgar Sikes, Sr. and Mary Ann Mitchell Sikes Memorial Endowment for Environmental Concerns